Police: Woman walking her dog is attacked on Westmoreland Heritage Trail in Murrysville
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Police: Woman walking her dog is attacked on Westmoreland Heritage Trail in Murrysville
Updated: 2:11 PM EDT Jun 3, 2026
Police said a man was arrested and charged with attacking a woman on the Westmoreland Heritage Trail in Murrysville, Westmoreland County.Colton Stennett, 30, of Jeannette, was being held in the county prison without bail, pending a preliminary hearing. An online docket listed “threat to society” as the reason for bail being denied.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube ChannelThe 24-year-old woman told police that she was walking her dog and had stopped for a break when a man grabbed her pants and tried to take them off and push her to the ground, according to the criminal complaint.The woman said she kicked and bit the man to fight him off, and that he ran away with her phone when he saw bicyclists coming, police said in the complaint.Police said they found Stennett in a wooded area near Meadowbrook Road, and that he matched descriptions given by the woman and two runners who reported seeing a suspicious man on the trail near mile marker 17, according to the complaint.Watch the full report by @eddied_tv on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 tonight, starting at 4 p.m.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. —
Police said a man was arrested and charged with attacking a woman on the Westmoreland Heritage Trail in Murrysville, Westmoreland County.
Colton Stennett, 30, of Jeannette, was being held in the county prison without bail, pending a preliminary hearing. An online docket listed “threat to society” as the reason for bail being denied.
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The 24-year-old woman told police that she was walking her dog and had stopped for a break when a man grabbed her pants and tried to take them off and push her to the ground, according to the criminal complaint.
The woman said she kicked and bit the man to fight him off, and that he ran away with her phone when he saw bicyclists coming, police said in the complaint.
Police said they found Stennett in a wooded area near Meadowbrook Road, and that he matched descriptions given by the woman and two runners who reported seeing a suspicious man on the trail near mile marker 17, according to the complaint.
Watch the full report by @eddied_tv on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 tonight, starting at 4 p.m.
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